My Writing

In addition to my writing related to my historical research, I write professionally about housing and related topics, and ocassionally write political commentary.

Evidence Matters

  • Rural Housing (2026)
  • Office to Residential Conversions (2023)
  • Housing First Works (2023)
  • Institutional Investors Outbid Individual Homebuyers (2023)
  • The Role of Housing in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (2022)
  • Youth Homelessness: The Sum of Our Parts (2022)
  • Affordable Housing, Eviction, and Health (2021)
  • The Federal Government Steps Up in Times of Disruption (2020)
  • Factory-Built Housing for Affordability, Efficiency, and Resilience (2020)
  • Place-Based Tax Incentives for Community Development (2019)
  • Landlords: Critical Participants in the Housing Choice Voucher Program (2019)
  • Housing Assistance, Employment, and Self-Sufficiency (2018)
  • Regulatory Barriers and Affordable Housing: Problems and Solutions (2018)
  • Housing for Seniors: Challenges and Solutions (2017)
  • Leveraging Building Innovation for Housing Affordability (2017)
  • Community Development and the Digital Divide (2016)
  • Housing, Inclusion, and Public Safety (2016)
  • Pressing Challenges in Housing Finance: Credit Access and Seniors' Mortgage Debt (2016)
  • Leveraging the Health-Housing Nexus (2016)
  • Partnerships and Planning for Impact (2015)
  • Local Initiatives Promote Homeownership in Indian Country (2015)
  • Federal Disaster Policy: Toward a More Resilient Future (2015)
  • Protecting Children From Unhealthy Homes and Housing Instability (2014)
  • Expanding Opportunity Through Fair Housing Choice (2014)
  • Vacant and Abandoned Properties: Turning Liabilities Into Assets (2014)
  • Aging in Place: Facilitating Choice and Independence (2013)

    • PD&R EDGE

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota: Preserving History and Affordable Housing in Cedar-Riverside
  • Widener University: Embracing a Mission as an Anchor for Chester
  • Mixed-Income, Transit-Oriented Development in Silver Spring, Maryland

    • Commentary

  • The keys to ensuring a new anti-redlining initiative succeeds (with Rebecca Marchiel, 2021) in The Washington Post
  • Our children know they’re attending segregated schools. We need policies that will bring equitable integration. (2019) in The DC Line
  • A chance to right an old wrong (2012) in The Baltimore Sun